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Politics at the Parsonage

October 12 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Free
Saturday, October 12, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. & Sunday, October 13, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., 2024
Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Site
71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
Explore “Politics at the Parsonage” from the American Revolution to World War I at this open house of Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Site.
Drop-in talks and exhibits will recur throughout the weekend:
  • “Asserting Their Just Rights” Old Dutch Parsonage’s Col Frederick Frelinghuysen & Rev. Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh at the Provincial Congress of New Jersey
  • “Washington, or Wilson?” Sen. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Sr. Ending & Remembering World War I in Somerset County from Raritan Historic and Cultural Committee
  • “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote” pop-up exhibit from U.S. National Archives
Volunteers of the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association support this program. Made possible by funds from the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey Historical Commission, as part of Somerset County’s Weekend Journey Through the Past.
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Venue

Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites
71 Somerset Street
Somerville, New Jersey 08876 United States
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